‘24 SARA National
DEsign awards
The Society of American Registered Architects celebrates design excellence in architecture and design through the annual SARA National Design Awards Program, which attracts entries from across the country and around the world from individuals, firms, and students of architecture and allied disciplines. Awards are granted for a wide range of categories and project types, and all entrants will be invited to attend the awards ceremony in New York City on October 26th, 2024.
Dates
Registration Opens April 15, 2024
Submission Deadline (all categories): August 8, 2024 at 11:59pm EST
Awards Notification September 2024
Awards Celebration October 26, 2024 in New York, NY
Entry Fees
SARA Members $300*
Non-Members $400
Students $50
Eligibility
Architecture, planning, landscape architecture, and design projects may be submitted by individuals, firms, or students of these disciplines. See Project Categories for a complete list. No project may be submitted which has previously received a SARA National Design Award.
Categories
Category winners. In addition to the jury recognitions your project has the chance to win a Category Award. Submit to more categories to increase your chances of recognition.
Additions and Small Projects
American Traditional
Commercial: Office, Retail, Industrial, Mixed-Use
Cultural
Government
Graphic Communication: Rendering, Computer Graphics, Modeling, Virtual Reality Imaging
Interiors
Institutional: Educational, Health-Related, Religious
Landscape Architecture
Material Sciences
Multi-Family Residential: Condominiums, Apartments
Multi-Family Residential: Affordable Housing, Low Income Housing, Market Rate Housing (Quantity and percentage required)
Planning: City and Regional, Urban, Feasibility Studies
Projects under $500,000
Related Arts: Industrial Design, Furniture, Lighting, Hardware, etc.
Renovation, Restoration, and Adaptive Re-use
Single-Family Residential
Student Projects
Sustainable Design
Unbuilt and Theoretical Projects
Awards
Category winners: In addition to the jury recognitions below your project has the chance to win a Category Award. Submit to more categories to increase your chances of recognition.
Award Levels: Awards will be given with the following distinctions: Excellence, Honor, Merit
Entries will be judged based upon any or all of the following:
Clarity of Concept, Strength and Uniqueness of Solution, and Accurate
Scope of Work
Response to Project’s Context of Rural, Suburban, Urban, Campus, or Other
Unique Neighboring Conditions
Appropriateness, Applicability, and Function
Overall Design Aesthetics
Creativity, Innovation, Ingenuity, and Invention
Social/Cultural/Community Relevance
Award recipients will be notified September 2024.
Awards will be presented at the National Design Awards Celebration, October 26th at the TWA Hotel in NYC, NY. Entrants and winners will be invited to attend along with their clients, consultants, contractors, fellow students, professors, and families.
